﻿<p><em>IfcMaterialProfile</em> is a single and identifiable cross section of an element which is constructed of a number of profiles (one or more).</p>

<blockquote class="note">NOTE&nbsp; In case of multiple <em>MaterialProfiles</em>, the relative positioning of individual profiles in <em>IfcMaterialProfileSet</em> are defined using the concept of <em>IfcCompositeProfileDef</em> in <em>IfcProfileResource</em> schema; otherwise, only one <em>MaterialProfile</em> is given and defined by an individual <em>IfcProfileDef</em> (subtype).</blockquote>

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HISTORY New entity in IFC4
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